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East of Eden by John Steinbeck
5.0
This is easily the best book I ever read for a school class, in this case in high school. It was one of several we read for the class. None of the books we read were provided and we had to buy them ourselves. It was literally a class for reading novels, so everyone in the class, there were about 8 people, wanted to read and discuss the assigned novels together.
8 may not seem like a lot of people, but that was also about 8% of my total class year, the entire school had less than 400 students and was the only high school in town. I was surprised there were even that many. It was great fun.
As for the novel itself, I enjoyed everything about it. I haven't really read many intergenerational works, but I certainly like the idea.
8 may not seem like a lot of people, but that was also about 8% of my total class year, the entire school had less than 400 students and was the only high school in town. I was surprised there were even that many. It was great fun.
As for the novel itself, I enjoyed everything about it. I haven't really read many intergenerational works, but I certainly like the idea.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
3.0
I would have really preferred that they had stayed at the school the entire time, or at least Earth in general. Fillory was a mistake.
I enjoyed the TV series more than the books when the TV series went original and stopped following them.
The relationship I have with this series is among my strangest. I enjoy the idea of it far more than I enjoy in practice. This could've been one of my favorite series ever, but it wastes it all. It's all very unfortunate. Maybe in some other world it was written in a way I would've preferred.
I enjoyed the TV series more than the books when the TV series went original and stopped following them.
The relationship I have with this series is among my strangest. I enjoy the idea of it far more than I enjoy in practice. This could've been one of my favorite series ever, but it wastes it all. It's all very unfortunate. Maybe in some other world it was written in a way I would've preferred.
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
4.0
This may seem like an odd choice, but I found them very amusing and silly at the time. I originally read them when they were published on his website. So I'd have been in my mid-later teen years and then early twenties for the latter books. Certainly not something to take seriously. It was funny to see how disappointed he was by the people who would write to him and come see him during book tours and other events. He had assumed they would be people similar him who enjoyed reading about similar life stories, but instead they were people who idolized him and desperately wanted to be him.